Numbers 20:16
Context20:16 So when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, 1 and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now 2 we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country. 3
Psalms 29:8
Context29:8 The Lord’s shout shakes 4 the wilderness,
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 5
[20:16] 1 tn The word could be rendered “angel” or “messenger.” Some ambiguity may be intended in this report.
[20:16] 2 tn The Hebrew text uses הִנֵּה (hinneh) to emphasize the “here and now” aspect of the report to Edom.
[20:16] 3 tn Heb “your border.”
[29:8] 4 tn The Hebrew imperfect verbal forms are descriptive in function; the psalmist depicts the action as underway.
[29:8] 5 sn Kadesh. The references to Lebanon and Sirion in v. 6 suggest this is a reference to the northern Kadesh, located north of Damascus, not the southern Kadesh mentioned so often in the OT. See M. Dahood, Psalms (AB), 1:178.